Email Author John Dougherty

Awards

• 2007 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published July 27, 2006

  “Scammer From the Slammer”

• 2007 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published July 20, 2006

  “No Power for the Powerless”

• 2007 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published April 27, 2006

  “Cash Cabal”

• 2006 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

  "Polygamy in Arizona"

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  "Polygamy in Arizona"

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2006 Stories by John Dougherty

• Vaya Con Dios

  published August 31, 2006

  We set off minutes after dawn to begin our descent down the North Kaibab Trail and into the depths of the Grand Canyon. I have lived in... More >>

• Scammer From the Slammer

  published July 27, 2006

  Chandler freelance writer Randy Harrington triggered a foaming-at-the-mouth frenzy in the anti-immigration movement earlier this month when he... More >>

• No Power for the Powerless

  published July 20, 2006

  Try getting through one summer day of 100-degree-plus weather in Phoenix with no electricity. It would be beyond miserable and quickly become... More >>

• Prez House Stench

  published July 6, 2006

  Arizona State University failed to release crucial information related to the controversial sale of the ASU president's house when it didn't give... More >>

• Bully Pulpit

  published June 29, 2006

  Evidence is mounting that Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas are working together to undermine Arpaio's chief political... More >>

• Doubting Thomas

  published June 15, 2006

  Published online June 13, 2006, 5:21 p.m. MST Maricopa County paid more than $326,000 over the past... More >>

• Bleak House

  published June 8, 2006

  Arizona State University officials cut an outrageous deal with insiders on the sale of the ASU president's house that appears to have shortchanged... More >>

• Doubting Thomas

  published June 8, 2006

  Published online June 13, 2006, 5:21 p.m. MST Maricopa County paid more than $326,000 over the... More >>

• It Practices What They Preach

  published May 25, 2006

  And if he have ten virgins given unto him by this law, he cannot commit adultery, for they belong to him, and they are given unto him;... More >>

• Fire HIM!

  published May 4, 2006

  Arizona State University's men's basketball coach Rob Evans revived a program disgraced by a notorious point-shaving scandal and reached... More >>

• Cash Cabal

  published April 27, 2006

  The majestic red rock sculptures and rare desert vistas of Papago Park are in the gun sights of some of the most powerful real estate interests in... More >>

• Slow-Motion Nightmare

  published April 20, 2006

  Is this the best the Democrats can do? The question kept rolling through my mind in the days after Tempe political kingpin Harry Mitchell... More >>

• Authorities Swarm Polygamists

  published April 13, 2006

  Published online April 11, 2006, 1:55 p.m. MST State and federal authorities and the Mormon... More >>

• Yo Mama

  published April 6, 2006

  Carrie Stoudemire, the mother of sidelined Phoenix Suns star Amaré Stoudemire, narrowly avoided jail during a hastily called March 31... More >>

• Amaré's Burden

  published March 30, 2006

  By now, even the casual professional basketball fan knows that Amaré Stoudemire is making a very risky comeback from October 11 surgery on... More >>

• The Cost of Cruelty

  published March 30, 2006

  A federal jury awarded $9 million to the family and estate of a 33-year-old man who died after Maricopa County detention officers improperly... More >>

• Death Sentence

  published March 16, 2006

  How would you like to sit inside a federal courtroom for seven weeks watching a grainy videotape repeatedly document the final moments of your... More >>

• Gila Bound

  published March 9, 2006

  You'd think that the great real estate boom engulfing the Phoenix metropolitan area would bypass the dusty, decrepit town of Gila Bend. The... More >>

• History of Deceit

  published March 2, 2006

  The City of Phoenix's $878 million bond election, early voting in which is already under way, comes down to one issue: trust. Do you believe... More >>

• Rogue Cops

  published February 23, 2006

  The Colorado City Marshal's Office is in a state of insurrection. And nobody in authority -- from Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano on down... More >>

• Howling Financial Woes

  published February 16, 2006

  The Phoenix Coyotes betting scandal that has ensnared hockey legend and Coyotes minority owner Wayne Gretzky and his movie actress wife is just... More >>

• Feds Probe District 20

  published February 9, 2006

  This is a career opportunity for U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton. The 45-year-old Republican prosecutor could be the public servant who restores... More >>

• Straitjacket Jan Brewer

  published February 2, 2006

  We are inching dangerously close to the point where elections in Arizona can be suspended for an indefinite period of time for the flimsiest of... More >>

• Pressure Tactics

  published January 26, 2006

  Show us the ballots! That's the only way to get to the bottom of a raging scandal that started with an obscure 2004 Republican primary... More >>

• FBI Raids Polygs

  published January 26, 2006

  Published online January 25, 2006, 5:02 p.m. MST The search for the fugitive leader of the... More >>